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  • Workshop
September 4, 2025

Coffee with a Codex: Italian Herbal

We'll celebrate the start of the semester by bringing out a favorite, first introduced to CWAC in 2022. On September 4, Curator Dot Porter will bring out LJS 419, a 15th century Italian herbal containing a variety of illustrations, accompanied by notes on medicinal properties and preparations of the plants.

  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm
  • Online
Open to the Public
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  • Workshop
September 9, 2025

Meet the Curators

Five curators from across several different Penn collections will share insights into navigating the rich set of resources available to Penn faculty and instructors.

  • 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Kislak Center Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff
  • Workshop
September 11, 2025

Coffee with a Codex: Maḥzor for Yom Kippur

For Coffee With A Codex on September 11, Judaica Special Collections Cataloging Librarian Louis Meiselman will bring out CAJS Rar Ms 491, a manuscript of the Yom Kippur Maḥzor for the rite of L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue written and signed by Eliyahu Delpuget. It was written in Provence in 1663.

  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm
  • Online
Open to the Public

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